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Somatotype and body composition of drug addicts admitted into a dishabituation program

Abstract:

Background: The excessive consumption of drugs causes physiological alterations that compromise the patient's body condition. The aim was to determine the somatotype of drug addicts in rehabilitation by the use of bioimpedance and skin fold measurements, stablishing the utility of the somatotype as a tool for the planning of preventive physical therapy of the comorbidities present during the drug process. Methods: Measurement of skin folds, according to ISAK methodology was used to determine the somatotype. Bioimpedance was used for determining body composition. Also, Body mass index (BMI) was calculated at the time of admission to the program and on different rehabilitation stages. Results: The results shows that 16.66% of the sample was overweight at the time of admission to rehabilitation, where the majority of patients were male (72.22%). The evaluation of the body composition showed that 58.33% of the patients had overweight, from which one patient had type I obesity. Conclusions: The studied population showed endomesomorphs characteristics. In conclusion, due to after 45 days of rehabilitation all the patients have a moderate adiposity; somatotype calculation suggests being an adequate tool to stablish physical therapy for prevention of frequent comorbidities due to abandonment of drug use.